By Todd Jarvis, Sterling Home Technologies Each year, CEDIA recognizes the best of the best in the residential electronic systems industry. 2012 was a year of innovation, creativity, and technological advancement. This year, PMI was recognized with two Gold Awards for Technical Excellence in the Home Theater category of the 2012 CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles® Awards. One of these awards (Level IV) was a project where we partnered with Sterling Home Technologies in San Antonio, Texas. The main objective with this project was to deliver the best possible image and acoustics the client had ever experienced with minimal compromise and within a defined budget. During one of the first meetings with the client he said “I’m not looking for popcorn machines or spider man hanging from the ceiling - I want to be able to watch a movie loud enough to make my ears bleed while my wife sleeps in the bedroom on the other side of the wall.” The design of the home was 99% ...